Fulbright-Loughborough Doctoral Award

The Fulbright-Loughborough Doctoral Award is available for any academic discipline at Loughborough University or Loughborough University London. 

More information on the Fulbright-Loughborough Doctoral Award can be found here.

Eligibility

• Candidates must be applying to study a full-time PhD in October 2022
• Candidates must fulfil the eligibility requirements of the US Fulbright Commission
  
• Candidates must also receive an offer to study a PhD at Loughborough University and fulfil all the necessary conditions of that offer. Please see information on entry requirements and English language requirements.

Value and duration

Loughborough University will cover 100% of the tuition fees for the 3-year duration of the PhD studies alongside a £14,000 living stipend, per year.

Application process

31 March 2021
Fulbright applications open

• Apply on the Fulbright website via this link.
• Applicants can only select one Fulbright Doctoral Award to apply to.

March – September 2021
Candidates should liaise with potential Loughborough supervisors to discuss a suitable research proposal for their PhD studies and submit a Loughborough PhD application

• Candidate to include “letter of support” from the Loughborough supervisor in Fulbright application
• Loughborough PhD applications can be made via this link
• Loughborough supervisors can be found on the school website or by contacting the school research administrator from the list at the bottom of this page

1 October 2021
Fulbright applications close

31 December 2021
Candidates are advised to hold a Loughborough PhD offer prior to applications being shortlisted

February – March 2022
Fulbright interviews take place to those students shortlisted

15 April 2022
Deadline for the Fulbright-Loughborough Doctoral Award to be made to the successful candidate

1 October 2022
Successful candidate begins their PhD studies at Loughborough University

Deadlines

The Fulbright applications close on 1 October 2021.

Candidates should have a letter of support from a Loughborough University supervisor prior to this date (1 October 2021) and an offer of study before January 2022.

It is advised therefore that students seek a Loughborough University supervisor no later than 1 September 2021 and submit a Loughborough University PhD application no later than 1 October 2021 in order to allow sufficient time to meet Award deadlines.

Academic school research administrators: